re: 2023 Pels NBA Draft Discussion

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To me capela is just the inverse of JV. Better defender, about the same rebounder, and a way worse offensive player. What you gain on the defensive end you lose on the offensive end so to me it ends up being a wash.

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I haven't seen much of him lately, but I don't see a problem with what you're saying here. He's still averaging 12 ppg, so I assume he's still a good vertical spacer like he was in Houston with Harden. That's all we need when healthy. When the team was playing it's best, Larry was scoring 15-20 ppg from dump offs to the dunker's spot.

Like you said Capella a very good rebounder and he's also a good rim protector. I don't see this as opening up a new hole to get better rim protection like Turner would. This trades in the luxury that comes with JV, offense, for the better defense Willie will play with good enough offense.

Why would the Hawks move him though, other than the chaos Trae Young is causing?

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To me capela is just the inverse of JV. Better defender, about the same rebounder, and a way worse offensive player.

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Which is something we don’t have on this team. I’m not saying we should get Capela because of the contract, acquisition cost, and injury history, but part of this team’s issue is the overlapping roster, specifically with the bigs.

I know I’m not in the minority on this, but I was beating this drum before the season started that JV, Billy, and Jax are all too redundant. It’s why Nance is such an important piece for us simply because he provides something that no one else on the roster does. We worry so much about having a floor spacing big to play with Zion, but having a rim protector and rebounder at the 5 that can anchor a defense allows us to play Murphy or Ingram at the 4 and still be competent on D. We still need bigs that can stretch the floor with Zion, but that defensive option off the bench is something that would be extremely helpful, especially with how much time Zion has been missing.

We probably would have had to beat the 2/16 million he got from the Knicks, but imagine this team with Isaiah Hartenstein coming off the bench instead of Jax and Billy. There were a lot of times down the stretch that a CJ, BI, Herb, Murphy, Hartenstein lineup would have been more effective than CJ, BI, Herb, Murphy, JV. If we keep JV this off-season, we really need to get a rim protector for the bench that can contribute immediately, I’m not sure we can draft that.